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Author Colin Beavan's thrilling inside
story of the secret “special operations” mission that paved the way
for D-Day and changed the way America waged war.
In bookstores May, 2006 from Viking Penguin. |
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"...hard to put down as
any thriller. This stuff is real history that reads like a novel." -- Doug
Stanton, Author of In Harm's Way
"...Beavan has finally lifted the curtain on
[the Jeds]...a true life spy thriller operation." -- Joseph E Persico,
Author of 11th Month, 11th Day,
11th Hour
"...a fascinating telling...gives these amazing
heroes the credit they deserve." -- W. E. B. Griffin,
Author of By Order of the President and many others.
On D-Day, three hundred
young American and Allied soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines to
launch a secret sabotage mission code-named Jedburgh. Working with the
French Resistance, the “Jeds” launched a stunningly effective guerrilla
campaign against the German war machine. In this compelling narrative,
Colin Beavan, whose grandfather Gerry Miller helped direct the operation
for the OSS, tells the incredible story of the rowdy daredevils who
carried out America’s first special-forces mission.
Drawing on scores of
interviews with Jeds, Beavan’s history reads like a spy thriller. Dodging
Gestapo spies, the Jeds armed and trained fighters who liberated Paris,
snarled German transport throughout France, and provided essential cover
to the invading Allied forces. Beavan focuses on key figures like William
Colby, Stewart Alsop, and John Singlaub—all of whom went on to
high-profile postwar careers—and shows how Jedburgh pioneered the special
forces procedures still used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
This gripping history of
the original special op mission makes a major contribution to the
literature of American warfare.
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why Colin Beavan wrote Operation Jedburgh
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original Jedburgh reports and other archival documents
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Colin Beavan's article about his spy chief grandfather (opens
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Beavan interviewed on NPR about his previous book,
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